Improvement in fire-kindling compounds



UNITED STATES. PATENT Orrion J OHN S. CARROLL, OF COVINGTON, GEORGIA,ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND J. W. ROGERS, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN FIRE-KINDLING COMPOUNDS.

To all whom it may concern: easy to ignite. The lard orswine oil addssub- Be it known that I, JOHN S. CARROLL, of stance to the kerosene andprevents its too Covington, in the county of Newton and State rapidevaporation, serving also to keep the of Georgia, have invented anew andImproved compound longer burning when once ignited. Kindling Compound,of which the following The plaster of Paris gives body to the entire isa specification: compound and prevents it from flowing too Thisinvention relates to a new composition easily. In place of the swine oilsome other which is to be applied to wood, coal, or other fatty animalsubstance may he used, and in, devices to be ignited, and which can alsobe place of the plaster of Paris other body-giving used for illuminatingpurposes on torches or, matter. similar articles. Having thus describedmy invention, I The invention consists in comhinin g the folclaim as newand desire to secure by Letters lowing ingredients in the proportionsset forth: Patent- I v One pound plaster of Paris; one ounce lard Theigniting compound herein described. or swine oil; seven ounces keroseneoil; one- JOHN S. CARROLL.

sixteenth of an ounce of Spanish-brown or Witnesses: other coloringmatter. All these ingredients S. H. LINDSAY, are well mixed together,and then ready for L. L. MIDDLEBROOK,

use. The kerosene oil makes the compound JAMES DELANEY.

